The Death and Life of the Paris Commune
b'In 1871, the lower classes of the city of Paris rose up and established a worker-run government. They flew the red flag, championed the rights of women, and separated church and state. The Paris Commune had little time to put into place many of the Communards\\u2019 ideals before it was violently crushed by the French state.\\xa0 The bloody repression was meted out on a massive scale, and \\u2014 historian John Merriman argues \\u2014 foreshadowed the state violence that was to mark the 20th and 21st centuries. (Encore presentation.)\\nResources:\\nJohn Merriman, Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune Basic Books, 2014\\nThe post The Death and Life of the Paris Commune appeared first on KPFA.'